Well, good. So let's pull ourselves together and go at it.

　Tonino orders the siege weapons to be brought forward.

　The siege weapons were brought to the capital city with only the parts that were difficult to produce in advance.
　They were assembled after they arrived at the Terrier Fortress.


　Stone throwers, siege towers, ladders, breakthrough hammer, ships, and lots of other things.


　With all of these, I brought a force that I think we could normally take down.
　And we've also prepared a countermeasure against fire.

　"Let the siege begin.






　The enemy's siege tower approaches the water moat limit and the archers fire arrows.
　The arrows pour in like rain.

　With their support, the enemy uses a ship to cross the moat and climb the ramparts on a ladder.
　The ships are linked together like a bridge, and then the enemy crosses over it with a breakthrough hammer and attacks the castle gate.

　'It's a fierce attack,'
　Perum let out a leak while paying attention to the flying arrows.

　''But they won't fall at this level. We have defensive weapons here.''
　Almost at the same time as I said this, one of the enemy's siege towers was engulfed in white smoke.
　This was followed by the sound of an explosion, and the second and third siege towers were engulfed in white smoke.

　''Is it the secret medicine of fire........''
　'Yes. And we're flying it with a pitcher and a ballista.

　Ismea was quite knowledgeable about this kind of weaponry in addition to architecture.
　She had them made under her direction.

　Because you can't reach it with a throwing spear.

　When I asked Ismea if she could make a ballista, I asked her if she could make a crossbow, and she replied that she could.
　But he said it is impossible to mass produce.
　And apparently it's not very strong.

　When you think about it, there is an actual example of the Battle of Cressy. And with our current level of technology, we can't make anything of note.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of good reasons for this.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　''But it's not broken,''
　Ordovis pointed out.

　'Huh?　That's hilarious.

　'Could it be a couple of sorcerers setting up a physical ward?　
　They also cover it with water-absorbing cloths and furs to make it harder to burn...

　'So the enemy general is thinking about it as well. But...








　"Tut, shoot me or shoot me, they're still climbing up here!
　Gram swears.

　Gram is actively shooting and killing soldiers who look like enemy commanders, but the enemy's momentum remains the same.
　The chain of command has been taken over....
　That's how highly skilled and sophisticated the army is.

　In addition, the enemy soldiers are holding up metal shields, which makes it difficult for them to shoot their arrows. Thirty percent of the arrowheads they are using are made of iron and 70 percent of them are bronze. This makes it difficult to make an arrowhead.

　So, it is not as easy as the slaves you saw earlier.

　In addition, there is no time to shoot arrows without worrying because of the occasional flying stones.

　''No.......Ron, I'm sorry. I need you to deal with the guy who came up.
　'Roger that. I'm just getting tired of dropping rocks and removing ladders.

　Saying that, Ron draws his sword.
　Almost at the same time, the enemy soldiers come over the ramparts but....

　Yes, sir. Good night.

　Ron cut the enemy off with his sword.
　The enemy crashed into the water pond, falling in half and turning the water red.

　'Now it's our turn!

　Ron and the others slash and kill the enemies that spring up one by one and drop them into the water pond.

　''Look out!''
　One man flicks off an arrow that flies at Ron.

　The man who turned from the Dibel family to the As family. It's Josef.

　'Alright, now I owe a thousand chiefs a debt of gratitude! Are you all right, chief of the thousand!
　Yeah, I'm okay with it, but what you really mean is the opposite of what you think you're doing.




　South gate on the other hand.
　It's a bit of a pushover here.

　"Hmm, the enemy's attack is heavy. It seems that all the soldiers are concentrating on this side.

　Bartolo finishes his drink and drops the jar of liquor on the enemy soldier's head.
　The enemy soldier involuntarily lets go of his hand and covers his head.

　Then he falls down the ladder.

　"This is no time for drinking. Mr. Bartolo.
　Boros dropped the enemy soldiers as they climbed up, brandishing their spears.

　He is very busy.

　''The enemy commander also has quite a nasty personality. A young man with a lot of momentum and strength attacking the south gate guarded by a middle-aged man instead of the commander's north gate.

　As he says this, Bartolo skillfully moves his archers to respond.
　There is no waste in that command.

　However, there is a limit to what the command can cover.

　One after another, the soldiers cross the water moat and come up the ramparts.
　It's a pretty tasteless situation.

　''It can't be helped. We'll use the new weapons Almus-sama gave us here.
　Boros tells the twenty soldiers to bring a tube.

　The twenty point the tube downward and point it at the soldiers who are clambering up the ramparts.

　'Let go!'
　Flames erupted from the tube.
　The soldier who had taken a decent bite of the flames crashed down in a flash, burning.

　The soldiers, startled by the sudden flames, let go of the ladder in surprise and fall.
　The flames set the ladder ablaze and it falls into the water pond as it burns.

　The ladder sinks into the moat with steam rising from the flames.

　'Oh no, that's great. I think it's called a flamethrower?　Whoever made this is a genius. Is that Mr. Ismea?
　Thank you for the compliment. Bartolo.

　Tetra, who had appeared at some point, answers.

　"No, no, ma'am. 'You're in danger, aren't you?　You're a sorcerer, aren't you? Be quiet in here...
　Five fireballs emerged around Tetra's staff.
　The five fireballs exploded in the face of an enemy soldier who had just peeked out from the city walls.

　''I'm sorry. I was wrong.''
　Good.

　And again Bartolo asks Tetra.

　'What kind of structure is that?'
　'Easy. You mix black powder and olive oil and blow it out with a magic circle that creates wind magic. Then you light it with the ignition spell at the entrance of the tube. When you stop it, be sure to cut the ignition spell before the wind spell. That's just because the flames are always out of the tube with the wind, so the fuel inside won't ignite, but if you cut the wind's magic circle, the flames will flow back and explode.
　Well that's quite a scary weapon.

　Nevertheless, the visual fear of the flamethrower is quite a sight to behold, and the enemy soldiers are slowing down.
　Gradually, we get the upper hand, and the number of soldiers climbing up the ramparts decreases.

　''Well, the downside is that it's not very fuel-efficient, is it?''
　'And the short range?　That's hard to use except in a siege battle.

　The two of them talked about such things as they tore through the enemy soldiers.

　The day ended without any particular movement in the battle.





　''What about the losses?''

　Tonino heard the report and sighed loudly.
　Then he made the soldier who had come to report back down.

　'That's a big loss,'
　Carlo says, sipping his wine.

　'Not at all,'

　This time, we lost many archers along with the siege tower. They were burned to death and crushed to death along with the siege tower.
　Archery is a special skill, the training period is long and it's difficult to get a good number of them.

　''That fire-breathing tube thing sounds like a pain in the ass.
　''That's a foul. It scared the soldiers away...

　However, there is no rule against the use of flamethrowers in war.



　Shouldn't we change our strategy?
　Carlo says to Tonino with concern.

　Tonino shook his head.
　'No, we won't change our policy. It's not a problem. There is still plenty of time to do so. If the enemy soldiers say they are strong they will only tire you out.'





　'The dead and wounded ... well that's not a bad number. When you take into account that many attacks.

　A little bit of joy in my voice.


　It's inappropriate, but there are no dead people in the village I was originally in.
　However, I only brought 12 of the 27 men with me.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time with us.

　I hope that this level of patronage is more than enough.
　I mean, they are officials and commanders, and if we lose them, the management of the territory will be unconscious, so I would do the same thing even if I didn't have any special feelings for them.

　''Well, I'm going to serve them a small amount of alcohol tonight.......What do you think, Mr. Pelum?
　'Isn't it good?　I'm not much of a warrior but I suppose you need to be slow and steady.
　I agree. It's the first day. It's gotta start off with a bang.

　Bartolo agreed.

　'You just want a drink...'
　Tetra complains to Bartolo.

　But Tetra doesn't seem to have any complaints either, and doesn't particularly disagree with him.
　The other great clans show their approval.

　'Where are Gram and Ron?'
　I ask them, and they both shake their heads.

　'I think it's good to serve drinks I agree with you there. But I think we should continue our vigilance.
　We were all drunk from the night attack, weren't we?

　A plausible opinion.　

　'Well, let's send out some of the guys who are too weak to drink or who lost in the lottery to watch. And let them refrain from drinking as much as possible.

　Wine from the Adelunian Peninsula has a very low alcohol content.
　If you don't drink it like you're bathed in it, you don't have to worry about getting drunk.

　'So let's dismiss it for today.

　And so the first day passed.........



　'It's a night raid!
　I was knocked up by a soldier.

　'Looks like Ron and Rosward were right,'
　I rush to the scene.


　'Hmmm, I don't know how many,'
　'They're putting out the bonfires so that we don't know how many there are. So the enemy is few and far between, and their goal is to keep us awake.
　Ordovis mutters while stroking his own beard.

　 Half of them will sleep and the other half will be assigned to deal with the situation.

　If the enemy's attack is too fierce, you can wake up half of them.
　But.....

　I don't think I'll sleep very well.
　I sighed.